Base-ball bat.



J. A. MURPHY.

Patented 861113.22; 1914.

IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEI WITNESSES.-

THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTD-LITHD.. WASHINGTON D. C.

. citizenof h [United zfflsiding at Holyoke,

- vented new To all 'whontitaviaryconcern.".

Be it'lniofwnwthat I, JAMES A. MURPHY, a States of -America,,re infthe county of Hamp- .Massachusetts; have inden and State of n p and useful Improvements in Base-Ball ;.Ba'ts,1 of ,which the following aispecificationfj I This invention relates to improvements in baseball bats.

' --The object of the invention is to'provide I a bat that'is designedto do away'as-inuch ers thatwhen the, ball as possible with the sting when the ball strikes the extreme lower end ofthebat.

It is a well-known fact among baseball playstrikes thebat at certain'g points the f vibrations imparted thereto are transmitted-to the handle portion of the bat, producing what "is known as' the 1. sting of the'bat; y l The ting of Y helower orenlarged portion of the bat, and in addition to theslits; to the drilling of a-hole axially of thebat a short dis tance from thelextreme lower en broken plan view of the completed bat 1, showing twoslits inthe end of the bat,

and illustrating the axially-arranged hole open-ended slits or kerfsw j arranged at right-anglesto each other; also the. bat with only one 'rangedslit or kerf." n p Referring to the drawings: in detail,a

. showing-the axially-arranged hole.

Fig.- 3 :is anend viewfiof Fig.1, showing the endof diametrically-ardo not extendas deepas the; "opening 6 cated by the wavyllines but terminateat the Fig.1.

Referring to Fig. 2,; it will be seenathat the grain of the wood f and that the slits c and d are arranged so as toout the grain of ,I rAssnonusnrrs; Assienon or one-HALF rd f rhsnmruin BAT. n

"H I at ion of Letter Patent.

ofthe wood and not theside of i d-rares 1 p s n, sip nt fromabeinsisl ve e ball, indicatedin dotted lines 2,

- ing assumed that the present invention relates to the slit- "That is tosay,

the volume of. Referring to therarawings ri ure 1 isp vas has been proved in the lowerlfend; of thibat and also the V Fig. 2i's atrans 1 versesectionalyiew onsthe line 22 of Fig.

shown; the ball would transmit to the transmitting such end portions of Extending point e, as-shown in of the. bat is indi The bat when held in, this wood is not that is to say, the grain of the ball continually engaging the raised by the "Hat side of the grain. This position of the bat is also indicated in Fig. 3, in which the the end of the grain of wood.

Referring now to the operation of reducing the sting of vibration of the bat, it beball strikes one of the sectional quarters or from the blow will be transmitted through the wood until it. isprevented from traveling farther by means of the slits a and d. the vibrations are absorbed by a portion only of the wood composing the bat, the slits serving to prevent theirtransmission, in a large measure, to the body and handle-portion of the bat, thus reducing. the effect of the sting,

by actual experiments. In Fig. -3,"i n which only one slit 7' is ment hthe vibrations from the blow, which vibrations would travel through the wood until it is intercepted by the diametricallyarranged slit j and, thus prevented from vib'iationsto the body of the bat[ It will be noticed that the extreme the slits are slightly rounded, as indicatedat m. 1 This is for the purpose of preventing the cover of the ball being torn should it accidentally engage the edge portions of the slits. I p The handle portion ofthe bat as shown is provided with acord wound thereon but does not form any part of the present invention I WVhile I have shown'in Figs. 1 3, and 5 and set forth in the specification the manner of applying a cordto the handleportion of the bat in order-to assist the batter or user to obtain a better grip, I do not, however, feature of my inwith a wound hanmake any claim to such vention asbase-ball bats xfl ewoodatjan angleyasishown; Inholdingi i thebat the qplayer generally turns iltRiIl his. hand soithat the ball, indicated an 1 dotted 55 lines at g,iiwill?engage the end .otthe grain 11 the grain, 'a's is engaging divided end of thebat, as indicated in Fig. 2. The vibrations camera uiis 'matem ma be obta'ined'ifo'i' are wn'to the public, a ood p O Which is .1 shown in etters Patent of the United States, granted to S. May, on Jiine 3, 1913 and numbered 1,063,563. 3 V A Vvhfat'l claim, is,'' e L'Ahzisbalhbztt' designed to lessen the effect of sting and having its extreme ball-engaging end formed with an axiallyarranged opening, a di ametrically-arranged;

slit or" k'rf -'n'te'rsecting the opening and terminating in the 'sides of the"bat,-' said slit being of less depth than the depth of the 5 opening, and arranged: at an 1 angle to the grain of the Wood; whereby the vibra' tions 1imparted to zit-segmental portion of the :bat, when the ball is struck? will be: in=

tereeptediby the slit and preventedfrombeing transmitted through the bodyof the bat to the lmndleportion asdescribed. 2; In a; baseball bat, ,the lowerYend l of more 5;,

terminatin'g'in the sides vent tearing the cover of the ball When the whereby said slits are lran gedto preventthe transmission of the vibrations through the bat when the-ballis struck, as described 1 I JAMES AM MURP Y VVitnesses':

HARRYEVV} BOWEN 5 HENRY ALBOOTHa r diametrieallylwhich is fornied With an axially-arranged opening and. one or armn'ge'd slits intersecting 1th openingg'gind' "be ;ithb e e portions rof the slits being 'roiinddto'p'rejsame engages this portion of the slits and L designed" and"ar' Y i 

